Tom Dorr, Getting Across, oil, 14X11

Tom Dorr

Tom Dorr started drawing and painting while in grade school. He has always pursued an art career. After high school he received a four-year scholarship to Colorado State University, which helped reinforce his decision. Tom has always been interested in ranching subject matter, even if it was old vehicles or buildings, but mostly he does cowboys. Tom is an accomplished photographer and prefers a camera study of his subject before painting. He describes his work as an accurate depiction of his Western subject matter. His paintings portray mostly working cowboys on their ranches throughout the west. Tom feels his work started becoming a pictorial history of the lifestyle of a wrangler. Tom's style is realistic and impressionistic representing the rich history of the West. His paintings are becoming very collectible and in great demand.

Tom's work can be seen at galleries in Arizona and Wyoming and at numerous shows across the west including The Peppertree Ranch Show and the Phippen Memorial Show where he was awarded the "Best of Show" in 1996.